Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and downspouts and the outside of each residential window in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing falls back onto clean panes. We price it by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Across California, most of our customers book it in spring and fall, when the leaves and grit are heaviest.
Priced by stories, not by a visit. The bundle costs less than two trips, and the number on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Window cleaning services and gutter cleaning are priced from the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a written estimate before anyone is booked.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. Multi-story buildings and steep roofs both mean more time on the ladder. A large number of window washing services in one visit depends on oversized panes and picture windows, which take longer to reach and dry. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, packed with needles and leaves, need more passes. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated add time. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers can be seen on the glass, and no cleaning removes it, so we will tell you about it before we start. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Here is how we get to the number for a specific house. Tell us how many stories it has, roughly how many windows face the street and the back, and whether the gutters have been cleaned recently. A photo of the front of the house by text is enough for most homes. Our crew does not do interior glass or pressure washing on this visit. Interior and exterior glass are different jobs, so the quote covers the outside of the house only, including the grime that builds up on the exterior of the glass between cleanings. Most owners who book regular cleanings find the number stays steady from one visit to the next once the house is on a schedule.
| Gutters only | Exterior windows only | Both in one visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One story | from $150 | from $170 | from $275 |
| Two stories | from $225 | from $240 | from $375 |
| Three stories | from $295 | from $330 | from $495 |
For context, nationally. Angi puts the average US gutter cleaning at $168, most homeowners paying $119 to $234 (Angi, 2026). Exterior-only window cleaning runs roughly $4 to $10 per window, or $100 to $250 for a typical home, with $3 to $5 per window more on upper stories (Angi, HomeGuide, via Google AI Overview, Oct 2026). Priced by stories, the most common model, a two-story gutter cleaning sits around $150 to $300 nationally. If a quote you are holding sits far outside these, ask what is driving it.
On every house we work, the first scoop out of a gutter ends up on the wall below it. We put the glass last so it ends up there once.
Gutters first, glass last. That is the order on every job our crew does, and it is the reason we book both with one crew instead of sending two.
What we see from the ladder. When we clear a run, the leaves, the grit and the black water that sits under them come down the wall and across any window below it. Flushing a downspout throws more of it, in a stream, onto the panes beside the outlet. If the glass was washed first, someone has to wash them again before we are off the ladder. So we do the roof blow-off, clear the gutters, flush every downspout, give the wall a few minutes to stop dripping, and only then start on the glass. The panes under the downspout outlets are the last ones we touch on the house.
Two things we do differently from a window-only crew. We rinse the siding under each run before we move to the glass, so nothing left on the wall washes down onto it in the first rain. And we do the top-floor glass from the same ladder position as the gutter run, one setup per side of the house, which is where the bundle saving comes from: no second trip, no second setup.
Downspouts flushed, screens rinsed, sills wiped, bags hauled. None of it shows up as a line item.
Gutters. Roof blow-off where debris sits above the gutter line. Every run hand-cleared, not just the visible stretch from the ground. Every downspout flushed with water until it runs clear, and a blocked one cleared on the spot where it can be reached from above. A downspout that feeds a buried drain line is checked at the outlet; clearing the buried line is a separate job, quoted before anyone touches it. Debris bagged and taken away. Before-and-after photos of each run, sent to you before the crew leaves.
Windows, exterior only. Every reachable pane on the outside of the house, cleaned with a water-fed pole and purified water so the glass dries without streaks or towel lint. Frames wiped. Screens taken down, hand-rinsed and put back on request. Sills wiped. Upper-story windows done from the pole, not from a ladder leaned on the siding.
Not included, and we say so up front. Interior glass. Hard-water or sprinkler staining etched into the glass, which needs a separate mineral treatment and is quoted after the crew sees it. Post-construction paint, stickers or stucco. Skylights and solar panels. Pressure washing of siding, decks or driveways. Gutter guards: if a run is covered, lifting and reseating the guard adds time and is quoted by the foot before the visit, never on the day.
Twice a year for both, and the same two months, which is why one visit covers it.
Most of our customers book the window and gutter cleaning twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, and that is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across California, the spring visit falls in mid to late June, after the pollen has settled and before the heat dries the glass. The fall visit runs from late November to December, after the leaves drop and before the rain settles in.
What we find at each visit is consistent. In spring the pollen lands as a yellow film on south-facing glass, and the sticky residue sits in the gutter elbows. By fall the leaf load is what causes clogged gutters, and the wet mat holds water against the fascia, which is how water damage starts. Storm and wind seasons move the dates, and in the wettest months, January through March, a rain event can leave a gutter overflowing even if it was clean in December.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the gutters between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those need a separate visit and a mineral treatment, not standard cleaning solutions. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more grime on the exterior glass than a quiet street does. We see the difference in the photos, and we tell you after the first visit which schedule your house needs.
You will know the windows need attention when you see a haze you only notice when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge during rain instead of running into the downspout.
Most two-story homes are done in a morning. You do not need to be there, and you get the photos either way.
The crew calls the day before with a two-hour arrival window, and again when they are on the way.
How long. This Old House puts a professional gutter cleaning at 30 minutes to an hour on a typical house. Exterior windows on the same house run about the same again or a little more, so plan on a morning for a two-story home and most of a day for three stories or a house with a lot of glass. Gutters that have not been touched in years, steep roofs and wraparound porches run longer.
Before the crew arrives. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, so the glass is dry and the ground is not mud. Move cars off the driveway if windows face it. Keep pets inside while ladders are up. Unlock side gates. Nothing else; the crew brings its own water and power.
While they work. Gutters first, glass last, as described above. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work; the crew does not come inside. If something cannot be reached safely (a pane over a sunroom roof, a gutter run behind a tree limb) the crew photographs it and tells you rather than guessing.
After. Photos of every gutter run and the finished glass, sent by text or email before the crew leaves. The invoice matches the number quoted on the phone.
Send a photo and we tell you what it is. No argument about whether it rained.
Streaks. Purified water dries clean; a streak means something was missed, and that is on us. Send us a photo of it and we tell you what it is.
Spots that come back. Round white spots that return a day after cleaning are mineral deposits from sprinklers or hard water etched into the glass, not dirt. Cleaning cannot remove them; a mineral treatment can. The crew flags it on the visit so you are not surprised.
Rain the next day. Rain is distilled water and does not dirty clean glass by itself; what spots glass after rain is dust already on the frame or screen washing down. That is why frames and screens are done, not just the pane. If it looks worse after a storm, send the photo and we look at it.
Overflow after a cleaning. If a gutter runs clean and still sheets water over the edge in the next rain, the cause is slope, a sagging hanger or an undersized downspout, not debris. The crew notes what it saw and tells you; cleaning it again will not fix it, and we will not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Your house. Ladder stand-offs on every ladder so nothing rests on the gutter lip or dents the siding. Screens go back in the window they came out of.
Neighborhood by neighborhood, with a lead time we say out loud, and a call before the truck turns in.
We work on residential properties across San Luis Obispo, and our crew can book a visit quickly. Start with a phone call or a text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we will confirm a date and arrival window. Lead time varies with the season, and our calendar fills fastest during the two busy windows of the year, the spring season and the fall leaf season. Booking early in those months gets you a slot without waiting. If you are asking about a residential and commercial building, call us first and we will tell you whether the same visit fits.
Our professional window cleaning crew uses a water-fed pole for the upper stories, so no one leans a ladder against the siding. Clean glass helps curb appeal, so every window on the exterior gets the same treatment and the sill is wiped at each visit. We call before we come, and you do not need to be home for exterior work.
Our cleaning services cover the gutters and the exterior glass in one visit, and our window cleaners and gutter crew work on the same schedule. If you have questions about how the two services fit together for your house, call (866) 435-6328 or schedule service online, and we will walk you through the visit before you commit.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two-person crew doing both. We do the gutters first and the glass last so the debris does not land on clean windows.
The number comes from the number of stories and the size of the house, and we quote it by phone or text. Condos are quoted the same way, so tell us how many stories the building has. We do not give a figure without those details because two houses on the same street can need very different work.
On our San Luis Obispo jobs the outside carries a film of grime in spring, rain dust in winter and sprinkler spots, and those build up even when the inside is clean. The exterior is where most of the grime lands, and only cleaning will remove dirt from the outer pane.
Across California, most of our customers book the spring visit in mid to late June and the fall visit from late November to December. Those are the months when leaves and grit are heaviest, so the schedule fills early.
No, because we clear the gutters first and the glass last. The runoff from the gutters is flushed before we touch the glass, and once the glass is clean, the gutter debris has already been bagged and taken away.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit. Tracks are included in the same visit at no separate line on the invoice.
On this visit we clean the exterior glass only. We do not clean windows inside the house, and we do not do pressure washing as part of this job.
You do not need to be home for exterior work. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
